IBC Executive Director Temirbek Azhykulov will participate as a speaker in the FT EBRD Central Asia Investment Forum. The event will take place in Istanbul, Turkey on February 18, 2016.

Forging relationships for growth the FT EBRD Central Asia Investment Forum will bring together leading investors, policymakers, economists and experts in Central Asia to discuss the future of the region and the prospects for investment. This event, supported by the EBRD’s local partner, TOBB, will provide a platform to discuss the practicalities of doing business in the region, the opportunities for international investors in Central Asia and how to navigate the complexities of operating in the region. Listen to senior government officials set out their plans to attract international investment, discover the role that China and Turkey are playing in the region and explore the key issues that are reshaping the business environment with both local and global investors.

Organisers

The Financial Times Group

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The EBRD

The EBRD was established in 1991 to meet the challenge of an extraordinary moment in Europe’s history, the collapse of communism in its East. The EBRD is the largest single investor in its existing region. With its Headquarters in London and with a capital base of €30 billion and a AAA rating from all three main rating agencies (S&P, Moody’s and Fitch), the Bank’s investments also mobilise significant foreign direct investment into its countries of operations. It invests mainly in private enterprises, usually together with commercial partners. It provides project financing for the financial sector and the real economy, both new ventures and investments in existing companies. It also works with publicly-owned companies to support privatisation, the restructuring of state-owned firms and improvement of municipal services.

More information may be found via link: https://live.ft.com/Events/FT-EBRD-Central-Asia-Investment-Forum